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Synonyymit

KieliKäännökset
espanjaalzar el dedo
ranskafaire un doigt d'honneur, faire un doigt
ruotsige fingret, peka finger
saksaden Stinkefinger zeigen
suominäyttää keskisormea

Määritelmät

Verbi

  1. (usually transitive) To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.
  2. (intransitive) To make any sort of gesture extending one of the fingers above the others.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektigiven the finger
Imperfektigave the finger
Partisiipin preesensgiving the finger
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensgives the finger

Luokat


(usually transitive) To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.

The Cynic philosopher Diogenes, pictured by Gérôme with the large jar in which he lived; when strangers at the inn were expressing their wish to catch sight of the great orator Demosthenes, Diogenes is said to have stuck out his middle finger and exclaimed "This, for you, is the demagogue of the Athenians."